PTI's Mushtaq Ghani as speaker of KP Assembly

PESHAWAR (92 News) – Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani and Mahmooud Jan took oath as the speaker and deputy Speaker of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly in Peshawar. Sardar Aurangzeb Nalota who acted as a presiding officer of the session administered the oath. Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani was elected as Speaker of the Provincial Assembly and Mahmud Jan elected as Deputy Speaker. Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani secured eighty-one votes. His rival Laiq Muhammad Khan of Awami National Party got twenty-seven votes. Meanwhile, Mahmood Jan of PTI was elected as Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly in Peshawar today. He secured seventy-eight votes. His rival candidate Jamshaid Khan Mohmand of PML-N secured thirty votes. One vote was declared invalid. Later, Mahmood Jan took oath as Deputy Speaker. Speaker Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani administered the oath.